Title :
Novel Modulation Capability of a Long Hybrid Semiconductor Fiber-grating Laser with an Intra-cavity Saturable Absorber
Author :
Kostko, Irina A. ; Kashyap, Raman
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. Phys., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Que.
Abstract :
We show the impact of the presence of the saturable absorber in the cavity on the modulation performance of a long external-cavity semiconductor laser. The increase in the modulation bandwidth to ~16 GHz is predicted in our current configuration
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; laser cavity resonators; optical fibres; optical modulation; optical saturable absorption; optical transmitters; radio-over-fibre; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM communication; external-cavity semiconductor laser; intra-cavity saturable absorber; laser modulation; long-hybrid semiconductor fiber-grating laser; radio-over-fiber; Absorption; Bandwidth; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Intensity modulation; Laser modes; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.278869
